Ways to Explore

Flipflops, u-turns, changes of heart, about faces. Completely changing our position — sometimes it can be our best move, sometimes it can be our worst. Either way, it's usually complicated. This week we bring you stories of people who go one way, and then, for what ever reason, turn around and go the exact opposite direction.

Correction: In the original broadcast of this episode, Joe Richman in Act One incorrectly stated that Nathan Bedford Forrest was the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. The audio and transcript have been changed to reflect that Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, not the founder. We apologize for the error.

Host Alex Blumberg talks about New York City’s long-standing ban on ferrets. And how, after
years of forbidding them, the city is now poised to lift the ban. You’d think ferret proponents —
there are ferret proponents — would be really really happy. You’d also be wrong.
(7 minutes)City • Funny • Legal System